- Location(s): Bangkok
- Genre(s): Short Stories
- Era(s): Later 20th Century
Bangkok, 1980. As the decades pass, figures fall in and out of the relentless city: Pea and Nam, who arrive in search of a better life; a Thai Elvis impersonator and his only daughter, Pinky; Benz, Tintin and Big,...
- Location(s): South Atlantic Ocean
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Sail to the tropical paradise where secrets don’t stay hidden for long … Zoologist Charlotte Walker has taken up a fellowship on the tiny, remote island of Tuga de Oro to study the endangered gold coin tortoises in the...
- Location(s): Nigeria, Lagos
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
When army officer Chike Ameobi is ordered to kill innocent civilians, he knows it is time to desert his post. As he travels toward Lagos with Yemi, his junior officer, and into the heart of a political scandal involving...
- Location(s): Syria
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): contemporary
Welcome to Nowhere is a powerful and beautifully written story about the life of one family caught up in civil war by the award-winning author Elizabeth Laird, shortlisted for the Scottish Teen Book Award and winner of the UKLA...
- Location(s): Hillbrow
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Recent
Welcome To Our Hillbrow is an exhilarating and disturbing ride through the chaotic and hyper-real zone of Hillbrow – microcosm of all that is contradictory, alluring and painful in the changing South African psyche. Everything is there: the shattered...
- Location(s): Tuscany
- Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
Rosie Riley is nervously excited about meeting the Fraser family. She’s head-over-heels for her boyfriend Theo and she hopes that spending a fortnight with the Frasers at their luxury Tuscan villa is a good sign of where their relationship...
Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!
- Location(s): Alabama
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1970s
Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! is the funny, serious, and compelling new novel by Fannie Flagg, author of the beloved Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (and prize-winning co-writer of the classic movie). Once again, Flagg’s...
- Location(s): Ghana
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): Contemporary
A search for treasure reveals the toxic consequences of modern life in this thrilling adventure set against the backdrop of the world’s largest e-waste dump. Theo lives and works in Agbogbloshie in Ghana, a vast dumping ground for the...
- Location(s): New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Simran Mehta has always felt harshly judged by her mother, Nandini, especially when it comes to her little “writing hobby.” But when a charismatic and highly respected journalist careens into Simran’s life, she begins to question not only her...
- Location(s): Wales
- Genre(s): Short Stories, Fantasy, Magical Realism
- Era(s): Medieval to Modern
This book, a selection of folk tales, true tales, tall tales, myths, gossip, legends and memories, celebrates and honours unique Welsh stories. Some are well known, others from forgotten manuscripts or out-of-print volumes, and some are contemporary oral tales....
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